Lock-fold expanding indexing ticket file



Oct; 16, 1923. 1,470,832

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Oct. 16, 1923. 1,470,832

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Be it known thatI, RUrHER onn B.[HAR- i ms, a citizen of the United-States, residing at Ocean -Park,'in the county of -Los Angeles Patented GctQ 16,

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-Appl icati 'n riled idly, 26,1921. Serial No; 437, 11

andState of California, have'invented a new and useful 'Lock-Fold ExpandingY In dexing Ticket File, of which the following is aispecification." i I This invention is applicable for filing various forms. of paper slips, tabs or'lcards.

It is more particularlyintendedjfor filing deposit slips in banks. it

At present, banking institutions filetheir deposit slips accordingto dates; all of the deposit slips for each banking j fday being ily accessible and that the slips; for. each day throughout any desired term. of years may be easily found and inspected. The number of deposit slips for each day for many banks is so limited that the same when putto-' gether ordinarily form a bundle, an inch or less in thickness for all depositors, from A to Z, and when a greater number of slips is required for one days deposits, the slips may be assembled in unitsas desired, as for instance, bundles from A to G, H to K, etc;

Such slips are usually inthe neighbor hood of 3% by 5% inches outside dimensions and are provided at-the topfwith an inscription giving the name of the bank, followed by blanks into which are written the name of the depositor and the date of the deposit.-.

Below this are arranged in columns theiterns This invention is particularly intended for use in filing bank deposit slips,sales slips, debit and credit tickets, order slips, or any other loose leaf slips,1or memorandawhere permanency and facility for ,readyreference is desired.

Z In this invention;I; provide,two fiap's,of"

thick tag board tor otherisu itable fiexible material; and constituting two folds, viz, a

' aback section, and a. front section of less length than thebaok secti t h i i1' l ll11lt6d by abents ti n g i The front section-is: provided extensions and the back section is prov ded near its margin,with two longitudinalislits adapted to receivethe lateral extensions for the purpose of holding the frontsection in folded position;,'

The exact dimensions the ,sections,1 the section,

the slits. v l

' The standard size ofthe folded file for. bank 'deposit' slips may be 3% inches by :6"

inches, closed, with a capacity of from 1 to 'slits and the" lateral s r tensions maybe changed to conformto different shapes of cards, slipsYor papers to be, filed, and the lateral extensions are preferably made by RUTHERFORD anima s, cm: PARK, Gamma i" i fastening a strai ht "strip of] tagfboard to the free'end of the front;

section, and bend- Y ingsaid strip around the edges of theback and then inserting the ends through 200 slips foreach file,and can be made in any size or shape" to conformto'any of said slips.

' An object of the invention is ease'and' cilityof nanufa'cture'and use; and an ad' vantage of the invention is the perfect ease and facility with which the individual slips in'each packet, bundle or unit may be'found;

Advantages are, ease to manipulate; the packets stack'flat' in file cases; the front and back faces'of the packets are smoothpno snaps,buttonsor fasteners are present to catch andtear when the package is inserted or removed from the case; no rubber bands to break, nor string or tape to untie, and yet examination of any slip without breaking or destroying the package is permitted and a tab is allowed to project and to permit indexing by date, numerically, alphabeti'- cally, or' both.

Other obje ts, advantages and features of invention mayv appearffroin the accompanytion andthe appended claims.

v ing drawings, thesubjoined detail descrip- The accompanying drawings illustrate the V inv on a i i Figure 1 is a perspective frontview offa ticket'file constructed in accordance gwith this invention, folded and filled withpdeposit slips, and ready'for'filing. i

Fig.2 isa plan of a file inadeof twosepae rate blanks fastened together and ready for folding and filling. i

Fig. 3 is a perspective frontview of the it invention as it may appear at one stage in i Fig. t is; afperspective rear view of'the file just before'itfis entirely closed.

{Fig 5f a' back view of closfed file ready forstoring. f g v g Fig; 6' is a front .face view of th'eofil-led'file.

- Fig. 7 is across sectionon linea Fig. 6.1

theoperationof bindinga bundleoffdeposit slips; 7,

i with lateral Fig. a section on line 00 ,-Fig.6, the

' freeends oi the slips being shown bent for-s ward: V

- Fig. '9 1s a perspective View of a number of files embodying my invention and stored for use in a file case.

The main strip 1 co priSeSa'back section '2, a front cover 3 and a fold l bet ween the back section and the front coyer. Said fold t nay b e formedgby oneor more creases? extend'inga'crossthe strip. The rront cover 3f is ofllesslength than the back section so thjatpnghen' it i s foldedonto the back section fa slight spaoefis left above'the upper edge .of theiront section and below i the upper e dge of.seotioniniyhich will beeX posedtlie upper portion of the foremost one of the slips that are filed; and the top of i theback sectionis provided with aspace 6 file clerk," I 1 l i .The space SbetWeenIthel date space 6 and the -fololc is sufliciently long to accommodate in which the date 7 may be stamped by the the papers or slips 9 to be filed. The binding elongate straps 10 are formed of a com panatively narrow strip preferably of the l flaps, as, is necessary to allow ain'plerooin for receiving thelbinding flaps at all positions toiyhichthesa'rne may be brought by reason of thegreater or less take-up of the fold caused the variations in thickness of the packet 0fsl ps Said elongate straps are of considerable length as shown, so as to accommodate ticket or sllp stacks or packages of greater or less th1ckness.

In practical; use theslips tobefiled are sorted in the order desired all double length and other odd length slipslare folded to the Standard.,;length from ,the bottom. The

, slips are then evenly stacked'andf placed on the open ,i:olderas indicatedin Figl, thus leaving the'g top of the slips" all even and about-damn inch from the top of the folder.

' folded. oyerthe first oft-he tibkets ors os and the stack 'is' then presseddownti'ghtlyand the, folder sharply "or'ealsecl with the fingers alonggthe back anjd 'front cornersi of the stack, The, p sitiompf-1t11ej,,front;1na

a e ii sl n' i dl in o hes ts l i ne '1 he bottom of the folde'r is then.

as'to accommoda e according to the thickness of the packet; Thej packet. then' turnedontojits face; as A t show'nin Fig. and the fbindinglfia'ps are ielded over land, across th'e b ack, ..and fare pressed down firmly and then. creased sharply with thefingers across the-edges of;

v the 1 the back. The nds, of the. binding 'sjtraps elongated slits go. The resiliencyoftheinaterial and the pressure'from Within the package, holds the binding straps in place and the completed package after being properly indexed as at ,7 upon the projecting tab at the top, is then ready for the per nianent file.

Whenit is desired to inspect any pal ticular ticket or SIi'pthe dates of the files are easily noted by looking into the top off the filing case 12; arid the projecting tab for rned by the top of the back section canbe'taken hold of the thunib andfinger andthe removed and the p'a'cket withdrawn and re turnedatpleasiire. The stacks 'of tickets in the filepackets hold the tabs -apart[so they can taken hold of individually by thethu-rnband finger. 5 n M f .When a package is renioy ed frqma filing case12 fo'r exa nina ion, tlieslipsfc'an be turned'outward from remove-1- 2 or cloninward over the short frGiit ooVerB as indicatedin Fig.3 so "that ny individuahslip canbe found" easily and removed froin the package without removing all (if the slips from'the folder.

The' cross-strip'or strap 18 Whichtermh nates the elongate strapsl0 ay be attached to the front fold 3 by'p aste, glue or stap jl'esj or any other suitable iii'eans'and is practically of one piece With/the sain e. Staples 14 are shown asthe fasteningnieans suggested in the drawings. a

i e i 1. ticketfile con'zprising a strip'oi' flexible material formed with aback section and a front section and with an intei mediate bendable section and adapted "to en'iold a "stack of sheets to be li'led:

said back section [being provided with slits a'nd'sa'id front section beinglproyided with elongate. straps adapted to j 'old' airoiind the "edges of the stack and around the" edges of the back section and t h ere tofbeiinserted into said adjustable in the slits for "the purpose of 'accofnmodatingfsl t stacks of different thicknesses and to'iorin fasteners foriholdingthe "folders/on the 'stackf, f i

2. A ticket file comprising a ls trip niat'erial: haying'fa fro'nt'sect'ion and 'slit'back section, said" section's being integrally con. nected by a flexible intermediatefseotion;

elongate strapsfatta ched to the front -section and jad'a t'ed to fold aroliiid and to be in's'efted -intoi the slits in the, back sectidn so ofgreater 'or 1 thickness.

prrsi .ga strip'of mate near me j fback section having l and said intermediate sect on being adapted to be bent t0"a'wide"or narrow Widthto fit"differenttliihkriesses of ticketor sl'i'pl packages i slitted back'section that are integrally'com nected by a flexible intermediate section that forms a bottom for a ticket file; said inter mediate section being adapted to be bent to' wide or narrow Widths to fit slip or ticket packages of different thicknesses, andstraps attached to the top of the front section and adapted to be folded over the longitudinal edges of the front and back section and inserted in the elongated slits in the back section fori'the purpose specified.

5. A ticket file comprising-a strip of material having a short front and a longslitted back section that are integrally connected by a flexible intermediate section; and flaps connected to the front short section that are insertable in slits in the back. section to hold the front and back sections in clasp- 'ing engagement with a package of slips or tickets between them so that any slip or ticket can beexamined, or' removed from the package, without releasing the clasping' engagement of front and back sections with the package of slips or tickets.

6. A'ticket file comprising a stripof material having a short front and along slitted 1 back section that are integrally connected as by a flexible intermediate section, flaps connected to the front short section that are insertablein slits in the back section to hold the front and back sections in clasping engagement with a package of slips or" tickets between them so that any slip or ticket can beexamined or removed from the package without "releasing the c'lasping engagement of front and back sections with-f v the package of slips or tickets,-there being i tabs on the back section whereby ticket files can be'arranged in a filing case so that the date of each ticket file is "visible without removing fromthe filing case and the file ca-n beeasily removed from; the case without disturbing the file ofany other date. a 7. A ticket file comprising a strip'of mate rial havinga front section and a slit back section, said'sections being integrally connected by a flexible intermediate section; flaps 'formedof a strip stapled to the front section and adapted to foldaround and to 7 lac-inserted into slits in the backsection v for the purpose specified. I I

' 8, A ticket file comprising'astripof material having a front section, a back section and a fieXible intermediate "section and, I

adapted to be bent into position for embracing a package of slips or tickets between the front and back sections; said back section having longitudinal slits of considerable length ;-andstraps connected to the front,

section and ofv considerable length and adapted to be bent around such package of slips or tickets and inserted into the slits in'the back section; said straps being narrower thanthe slits in the back) section so ias'to accommodate difi'erentthick;

nesses of slip or ticket packages.

In testimony whereof, ;I have hereunto set my hand at Los Angeles, California, this l8th'dayof July, 1921.

RUT RFORD ARRIs Witness: 7 7

JA ES R. TOWNSEND.- 

